The campaign began by the Chinese authorities is called “Clean the cyber web” and its first phase of action yielded outstanding results: more than 15,000 arrests in about 7,500 cases. Some of the arrested are cyber web gaming operators who provided all sorts of services in their niche. Some top associate networks may have an interest in the indisputable fact that, for instance, one game hosted by the gaming operators acted as a de facto lottery by using a randomizer tool to send cash prizes to players on a social networking app. The officers said that they were after information superhighway fraudsters of all sizes, who were described as “tigers and flies”.
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